Archives and History APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 24/01/2024

The promotion and understanding of matters related to archives and history.

Note: All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal, cross-party groups formed by MPs and Members of the House of Lords who share a common interest in a particular policy area, region or country. APPGs have no official status within Parliament.
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7 Current APPG Officers
Chris Evans Portrait
Chris Evans
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour (Co-op) - Islwyn
Joined: 28th September 2017
3 APPG Memberships
Open Banking and Payments , Tennis , Writers
Lord Boswell of Aynho Portrait
Lord Boswell of Aynho
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Lord Clark of Windermere Portrait
Lord Clark of Windermere
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Lord Murphy of Torfaen Portrait
Lord Murphy of Torfaen
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 28th September 2017
1 APPG Membership
France
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Chris Evans MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 5025.

Email: chris.evans.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

John Chambers, Archives and Records Association (UK and Ireland) Prioryfield House, 20 Canon Street, Taunton, Somerset TA1 1SW. Tel: 01202 722 000

Email: john.chambers@archives.org.uk

Date
15 Dec 2020
Source
Archives and Records Association (UK & Ireland)
Description
Secretariat   From : 15/12/2020 To : 14/12/2021
Value
£3,001
Date
27 Jun 2019
Source
Archives and Records Association of UK & Ireland
Description
Secretariat   From : 27/06/2019 To : 26/06/2020
Value
£4,501
Date
27 Jun 2018
Source
Archives and Records Association of UK & Ireland
Description
Secretariat   From : 27/06/2018 To : 26/06/2019
Value
£4,501
Date
1 Jul 2017
Source
Archives and Records Association of UK & Ireland
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/07/2017 To : 08/06/2018
Value
£4,501
Date
27 Jun 2017
Source
Archives and Records Association of UK & Ireland
Description
Secretariat   From : 27/06/2017 To : 26/06/2018
Value
£4,501
Date
1 Jan 2016
Source
Archives and Records Association of UK & Ireland
Description
Archives and Records Association of UK & Ireland is funded by UK National Archives to act as the APPG's secretariat   From : 01/01/2016 To : 31/12/2016
Value
£7,501
Date
1 Jan 2015
Source
Archives and Records Association of UK & Ireland
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£16,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Archives and History APPG

Former APPG Officers
Richard Graham Portrait
Richard Graham
Vice Chair
Conservative - Gloucester
Joined: 12th October 2016
Departed: 11th January 2023
2 APPG Memberships
China , Marine Energy
Lord Bew Portrait
Lord Bew
Secretary
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 9th February 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Boateng Portrait
Lord Boateng
Vice Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 16th December 2020
Departed: 9th February 2022
Nick Thomas-Symonds Portrait
Nick Thomas-Symonds
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Torfaen
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Albert Owen Portrait
Albert Owen
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Ynys Môn
Joined: 31st July 2019
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Tristram Hunt Portrait
Tristram Hunt
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th January 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Chris Skidmore Portrait
Chris Skidmore
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Kingswood
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 31st August 2016
No other APPG Memberships